SPRINGFOLD
PAPER

Blooms built from a flat net: petals cut in one pass, scored on their own spines, then curled, layered and wired onto a rolled paper stem. Every flower lists its petal count, its curvature and the card weight the shape actually holds.

1. 01 An Eighteen-Petal Camellia That Keeps Its ShapeThree concentric rings — 7, 6 and 5 petals — each rotated 9° against the one below, so no cut edge ever stacks on another. The head is mounted on a rolled paper stem instead of wire so the finished flower survives being posted. 2026-08-14
   95 min
2. 02 A Double-Ring Tissue Peony in Under an HourCrepe paper peonies fail for one reason: the petals are cut to the same length. Two sizes, a 16 mm difference, and a stem whose wire never reaches the centre — that is the whole method. Twenty-four petals, 55 minutes, no specialist tooling. 2026-08-25
   55 min
3. 03 Paper Eucalyptus Spray for Filler and FoliageEvery paper bouquet needs something that is not a flower. Nine round silver-dollar leaves on a stiff wire, alternating left and right, at a spacing that narrows toward the tip. Forty minutes, and it is the piece that makes the other flowers look arranged rather than collected. 2026-09-12
   40 min
4. 04 Quilled French Marigold: 18 Petals From One SheetA marigold is not a flat flower, so this one is built from two coil sizes — 30 mm for the outer ring, 18 mm for the inner — with three wire-centred quills standing proud of the middle. One A4 sheet of 90 gsm paper makes the whole bloom. 2026-09-20
   70 min

Shadow boxes, dioramas, lantern collars and strung garlands — the flat sheets that become depth once they are folded and stacked. Plans carry the spacer depths and the order the layers sit in, because that is where these go wrong.

1. 01 Shadow Box Theatre: A 60 mm Carcass That Stays SquareA shadow box fails at the corners long before it fails at the scenery. This one is built as a single cross net with 10 mm tabs, dry-fitted with masking tape first, and glued only once the aperture has been checked against a set square. 2026-08-18
   120 min
2. 02 Paper Lantern Collar: Twelve Pleats on a 660 mm BandA collar is the cheapest way to change a plain paper lantern: a 660 mm band, twelve score lines, two folds — and the band is joined at 330 mm rather than cut from one long sheet, because the join is hidden under a pleat and a single 660 mm sheet is four times the price. 2026-08-29
   60 min
3. 03 Pennant Bunting: Sixteen Flags That Hang StraightBunting hangs badly for two reasons: the tape is one long strip that twists, and the pennants are cut with a 200 gsm card body but no spine. This string uses four 800 mm tape sections, one fold per pennant, and alternates the drop by 24 mm. 2026-09-07
   45 min
4. 04 Layered Ridge Diorama: Seven Planes, 13 mm ApartThe depth cue that makes a paper diorama work is not the number of layers, it is the gap between them. Seven ridges at 13 mm, each one 6% lighter than the one in front of it, plus waxed tracing paper between the front two for haze. 2026-09-23
   150 min

Scored card you print, cut and fold into something useful: trays, file holders, accordion cards, treat pouches, lampshade nets. Score lines, glue tabs and the blank size all appear on the plan at a stated scale.

1. 01 Scored Gift Box Tray: A One-Piece Net at 250 gsmThe whole template is one cross-shaped net that prints on a single A4 sheet and folds in about six minutes. Three things decide whether it looks bought or home-made: print scale, scoring before cutting, and glue applied to the tab and not the panel. 2026-08-21
   25 min
2. 02 Leporello Card: 630 mm, Six Panels, One Fold RuleA concertina card lives or dies on one thing: the folds have to alternate and every panel has to be exactly the same width. This one is cut as a single 630 mm strip — no joins — scored on a 700 mm board, and closed by a sleeve rather than an envelope. 2026-09-02
   55 min
3. 03 Cone Treat Pouch: One A4, Twenty MinutesThe fastest thing in this whole library: one A4 sheet, one curve, one seam. It holds about 180 g of small sweets, and the only two decisions that matter are paper weight and whether the base disc is sealed from the inside. 2026-09-17
   20 min
4. 04 Index Card File Holder: A 300 gsm Box That Stays UprightA card file has one job — to stand up when it is full and not tip when it is empty. That is a base-weight problem, not a folding problem: this net uses a doubled base with a greyboard insert, and the sides are cut with finger scallops so a full box can be lifted off a shelf. 2026-09-26
   45 min